Finally!!!!!!!!
Are you ready, Sisters? Do you hear me cheering?? I have never been more excited about doing this.
I am on the verge of doing about 10 backward flips on my hardwoods. I said on the verge. Not quite doing it. Well, I’m doing it in my heart. That counts for a lot around here.
SO LET’S DO THIS THING! Now, promise me this! Promise me you will read this entire post before you leave a single comment. I know you’re about to burst and I am, too, and, for that reason, I’ll keep it as short as possible. It’s so important that we get our ground rules firmly established so that we’ll have a fabulous experience. Remember, hundreds of our participants this time around are brand new so let’s make sure everybody’s on the same page.
A few things you absolutely MUST KNOW:
*Your comment to this post is your official registration onto the team. Everybody starts at Verse 1 no matter when they begin the process. (Word gets around and we often still have people joining in with us even in March and April. We don’t mind how late they begin as long as they can catch up, memorize their verses, and document each one of them on the proper post as an official participant.) This launch post will remain right here in this January 1st 2013 slot all year long and each new person will need to make her first entry here. This is how we track who signed up when we get to the end of the year and it’s party time.
*Your comment must be strictly limited to the following 5 pieces of information: name, city, verse, reference, translation. I’ll say it slower now for those brand new to the process:
Your name (or first name if you prefer), city. Your verse for that two-week period written all the way out, the reference for it (where it is found in the Bible: Book, chapter, verse) AND the *translation you’ve taken it from.
(*For instance, is the Bible you’ve pulled the passage from a KJV, an NAS, HCSB, NIV or NLT? Or is it The NET Bible, The Message or another similar version? The translation almost always appears on the outside spine of a Bible. If not, you will find it on the first few pages. If you’re looking on line, you’ll get an option to choose a translation. Do so as it speaks most clearly to you. We aren’t fussing over translations here in our memory work. You also do not need to stick with one version throughout.)
Just those 5 pieces of information! They will comprise every comment to this post. And the moment you start scrolling through all of them, you’ll see why. Page after page after page after page of Scripture and each one telling a reader exactly where to find it. It is the most powerful sight to behold. This invites people who are not participating in the memory work to reap tremendous benefits by just reading the comments and taking strength from verses they may not have known existed. This way it has the potential to bless our whole community or any weary visitor to our blog. I’ve been in crises before and gotten on the comment pages and scrolled from Scripture to Scripture and practically wept with relief and fresh courage or revelation. That’s why it’s best to keep the SSMT comments as succinct as possible. If you’ve got an exclamation in you that you just can’t hold back, you can occasionally make the briefest comment like, “I really need this one!” or “I’m sharing so-and-so’s verse” but, please, no more than that.
Comments other than the verse-entries on the 1st and 15th of each month can’t be approved. I’m so sorry and I hope you’ll understand. Thousands of us will be doing this together so the moderation process is monumental from the administrative side. The verses will be all Lindsee and I can handle in the comments for our two SSMT days per month. Keep in mind: NONE OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS PERTAIN TO THE OTHER BLOG POSTS HERE AT LPM. We will be completely free to do our regular thing on all other posts! The really stringent rules are only for the 1st and 15th of each month in 2013 and in reference to Siesta Scripture Memory Team. I hope that makes sense!
*Your comment may take 24 hours to get moderated (or posted if you’re new to the blog process) and sometimes a bit longer if it falls over a weekend. We try our hardest to stay up with it but on those days when 500+ come in at once, it’s quite a task! But we love it! It just requires a little patience on all sides! Before you assume that your entry somehow vanished and you’re tempted to write it again, give it one full day and see if it shows up. Keep track of what time you posted it and double check the comments around that same time. The accidental repeats make it much harder to track participation through the course of the year so always double check. If you don’t find it a day later, by all means, post it again!
*Remember that you get to choose your own verse! That’s really important! The ease with which you can memorize a verse is greatly impacted by how much it means to you. The more you need it or want it, the more you’ll absorb it. If you come up dry at times, no problem! You can either share my verse or another in the comment line that really speaks to you.
*PRAY that God will bless you in this endeavor and will enable you to memorize His Word! Ask continually throughout the entire year! When I get stuck and frustrated that I can’t get my words in order, if I’ll stop what I’m doing and ask God to supernaturally infuse me and help me to concentrate, you would not believe how quickly a breakthrough will come.
Are you about to stuff a sock in my mouth?? I’m about 2 seconds from stuffing one in my own mouth. Melissa gave me two new pair of boot socks for Christmas so at least I have fresh choices.
All right, already! Here goes mine! In honor of our process ahead and how willing the Holy Spirit is to help us…
Beth from Houston Texas, But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. John 14:26 NIV84
Here’s one more alternative if you’ve never memorized it for a new year! I just love it for January 1st:
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
May God’s grace abound to you, Sweet Thing. WELCOME! We have such a fabulous challenge ahead of us. GOD, GRANT US YOUR GOOD FAVOR!
So…what are you waiting for??? SIGN IN WITH VERSE ONE!
PS. I thought you guys might find it a bit amusing that I brought in the first 300 comments in the CAR on the way to the airport to catch my Atlanta flight for Passion 2013. Laughing. You keep your blog mama busy. I love you so!
Tags: Scripture Memory 2013
Jeremiah 15:16 When your woods came I ate them; they were my joy and my hearts delight, for I bear your name, O Lord God Almighty. NIV
Terri – Houston, Texas
Niv
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God.
Terri – Houston, Texas
Niv
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God.
Jeremiah 15:16 when your words came I ate them; they were my joy and hearts delight, for I bear your name , O Lord God Almighty. NIV
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. John 14:6 NAS
James 1:27
Religion that God our father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
NIV
Deirdre Russell
Atlanta, GA…..
Rachel Adams
Middletown, DE
Joshua 1:9 – Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Kit Huff
Odenton, Maryland
Psalms 12:6 (NIV) – And the words of the Lord are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.
Kimberly from San Antonio Tx…
But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33 NKJV
Kathy Strader, Houston, Tx
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Annie
Dallas, Texas
Romans 8:2
“because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.”
NIV
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen” – Eph. 4:29
Philippians 4:6 (NIV)
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Amber, Dallas, TX.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Psalm 51:12 (ESV)
Alabama,
A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.
Proverbs 29:11
Plasm 145: 1-2 NIV
I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever.
Every day I will praise your and extol your name for ever and ever.
“You have crowned the year with Your bounty, and your paths drip with fatness.” Psalms 65:11 (NASB)
Second Post because I missed Jan 1,st Post
Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise, his greatness no one can fathom.
Psalm 145: 3 ( NIV)
Sheila from DeWitt, AR
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 NIV
Leslie Tatum, Post, Texas “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.” Isaiah 42: 1 NIV
Monica- Tucson Arizona
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you wait through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. NIV
Ashley&Ava-Van Alstyne,TX
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Stacey Walsh, Cumby, TX 1/15/2013
Psalm 143:8 (NIV)
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.
Mamie from Bloomington, IL
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21 NIV84
Shara, Somerset, CA James 5:7, 8 NAS
Therefore be patient brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains. You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.
Mallory, College Station, Texas
“Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” NIV
Bend, Oregon
NIV~ You crown the year with Your bounty and Your carts overflow with Abundance. Psalm 65:11
Isaiah 43:2 “When you pass through the waters I will be with you, and when you pass through the rivers they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire you will not be burned, the flames will not set you ablaze”. NIV
From Wilmington DE “For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, But those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.” Romans 8:5 NKJV
I forgot to get on here earlier. Hope- Elgin, TX
My first one is an easy one, but one I know I’m going to need and being saying over and over this year.
Luke 1:37 (NIV) “Nothing is impossible with God.”
Allison, Phoenix, AZ
“to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
and to enable us to serve him without fear
in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.”
Luke 1:74-75 NIV1984
Michelle C./Houston
“So our goal is to be acceptable to him, whether we are at home or away from home.”
2 Cor. 5:9 (CEB)
Candace, Houston, TX
A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Proverbs 31:10 NIV
Debbie, Katy, TX
Proverbs 31:10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. NIV
Garnet Valley, PA, Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6, NIV
I did not get an email to either the ngenx or the essbye73 address. I tried using both Chrome (my typical browser) and Safari. Neither worked for me. Which one did you use?
Jan 1
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
Colossians 4:6 ESV
Jan 15,
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing, you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:2 ESV
Pam Harkleroad, Houston, You crown the year with your bounty and your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Kim from Trenton, Texas: Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous, not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing. -1 Peter 3:8-9 NKJV
Kim, Missoula, Montana
Psalm 31:7
“I am overcome with joy because of your unfailing love, for you have seen my troubles, and you care about the anguish of my soul.” (NLT)
2nd Corinthians 5:7
For we live by faith, not by sight. NLV
Becca, TN
“But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts up my head.” -Psalm 3:3 (HCSB)
“He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all- how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things.
Romans 8:32, NIV
Psalm 46:1 (NIV)God is my refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble.
Ashley, Calgary, AB
Do not be anxious about anything but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Phil 4:6 (NIV)
Keri from Little Rock, AR:
“The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.”
Psalm 16:5-6
Eugene. You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of The Lord is at hand. James 5:8, NKJV
Hebrews 4:12
“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” NIV.
Robyn
Brooklyn, CT
Ephesians 6:13
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. NIV
Toni, Kissee Mills, MO. I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John16:33. NIV
Pam – Corydon, IN
“And my God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”
Phil. 4:19
Amplified